Cone-winding machine



March 23 1926. 2, 1,578,243

A. A. JOHNSON GONE WINDI NG MACHINE Filed-Sept. 27. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet '1 24050 hA.J b7ln80n y AEOI'ILe s March 23 1926.

. 1,578,243 A. A. JOHNSON v CONE WINDING MACHINE Filed Sept. 27, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 V Y L H 8 P i E 35: 5-37 I F 4 I 2 W z 6' J y hi8 AEEJPneJG Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ADOLPH A. JOHNSON, OF HANES, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO DANVILLE CONDITIONING..M.A,CHINE COMPANY, INC, OF DANVILLE, v VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

CONE-WINDING MACHINE.

Application filed September 27, 1922. Serial No. 590,977.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLPH A. JOHNSON acitizen of the United States, residin at Hanes, in the county of Forsythe and S tate of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conein a supercharged moist atmosphere in order to render permanent the twists of the yarn and, to prevent kinks or similar deformations, but such treatment of the yarn is not thorough and consumes undue time. It has heretofore been proposed to condition the yarn while being wound on the cones but this method was not, so far as my knowledge extends, practiced to any large extent pre- .vious to my invention.

In my U. S. Patent No. 1,424,100, of July 25, 1922, I have shown a machine in which the yarn as it passes from the bobbins to the cones is moistened or conditioned by means of collars carried by a shaft which is slowly rotated in such manner as to cause the collars, which are partially submerged in liquid, to apply moisture to the yarn, the collars being kept clear of lint and other foreign matter by the yarn itself as it passes over the collars.

My present invention involves certain details of construction by which the collars and shaft are-more efliciently kept clear of lint, etc., and by which they may be more readily. cleaned. The invention also involves a novel arrangement of the parts whereby the operation of the mechanism is facilitated. Instead of employing a collarcarrying shaft having a continuously rotating movement, I now use an intermittently rotating shaft as in this way the undue agitation of the moistening liquid or the excessive application of moisture to the yarn is avoided.

The accompanying drawings show only such parts of a cone winding machine as is necessary to illustrate the manner in which my invention is applied to such machines.

The winding mechanism shown is that employed in the winding machines manufactured by the Foster Machine Company, of Westfield, Mass.

Figure 1 is a detail view in perspective, showing how the yarn is passed from the bobbins to the cones across my improved yarn conditioning devices.

Figure 2 is a perspective view, showing how the collar-carrying shaft is mounted and rotated, and how the trough-is covered by a hinged lid.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a portion of the moistener and indicates how the yarn as it moves laterally while being wound, sweeps lint, etc. oil from the ends of the collars.

Figure 4 is a diagram, mainly in side elevation, indicating how the yarn is guided from the bobbins to the cones across the moistener.

Figure 5 is a front view of the same.

The cones A are formed on suitable cores a, as usual, and are rotated rapidly by devices B of usual construction and operation. The bobbins C are mounted on the machineframe below the cones, and the yarn Y passes from the bobbins through guides D, under weights E, over guides F, through stop motion devices G, across the moistener X, over guides H and through reciprocating yarn guides L to the cones.

The mechanism above described, with the exception of the moistener X, is of well -known construction and operates in the usual way, it being understood that the conesare rotated at high speed by the rollers B and that while being rotated the yarn is carried by the reciprocatingguldes L from end to end of; the cones.

In my patent above mentioned I have shown a yarn moistener interposed between while the Collars s, whic where. the machine is located, and other forelgn' matter, enters the trough, floats on the.

liquid, becomes wound on the shaft, and often passes to the collars. I now provide the trough with a lid N which is hinged to the trough at m and completely covers the trough exceptthose portions thereof through which the moisture-applying collars extend. The trough may be made of any suitable material, such as sheet metal. It is permanently closed at bottom and atopposite ends and is provided with suitableopen bearings for the shaft S which carries the collars s.-

The shaft S is preferabl made of metal are rigidly attached to the shaft, are preferably made of wood and have no covering of felt or like material. The collars are beveled at their ends 6 and these collars extend a short distance above the lid when the latter is closed,

as indicated in Figure 3. 4 Any suitable means mafy be employled for turnin the shaft S. Pre erably mec anism is use for giving. to the shaft an intermit tent or step-by-ste movement. Figure 2 shows mechanism t at may be employed for 40 this purpose, consisting of a ratchet wheel' T, fixed to a driving shaft V which is coupled to the shaft S. The ratchet wheel is engaged by a pawl T, carried by an arm T which may be oscillated by any suitable mechanism.

While the lid N prevents to a large extent.

the entrance of lint, etc. into the trough, nevertheless often it is found necessary to clean the trough, the shaft and the collars and in order that such cleaning ma be effected the collar-carrying shaft is ma e removable from the trough and detachable" from the driving shaft. The shaft S is supported in open bearings, as shown, and detachablyconnected at U with thedriving shaft V. In this way the collar-carrying shaft may be readily removed from the trough, quickly cleaned and replaced. It will of course be understood that such cleaning is not as frequently .required as in the case where the trough is not provided with a lid.

' The moisteningliquid W is maintained in the trough-at a constant level below the shaft S but at such height that the collars will at all times extend below the water level,

In the devices de which water level may .be maintained in any suitable way. I have shown in the drawings ,a liquid reservoir Q, connected by a pipe 9 to the trough at g.

The illustration of the reservoir and the connections from the reservoir to the trough v is merely diagrammatic, as above stated-the water level may be maintained in any suitable way.

As the yarn is wound on the cones and is moved by' the guides L from end to end of the cones it moves rapidlyover andin con-f;

tact with the collars s which are turnedstepby-step by suitable mechanism in the manner before described, and while the yarn is moving thus rapidly to the cones it is moved sidewise over the collars in such manner as to sweep from the surface of the collars any lint or similar foreign matter that may tend to adhere thereto. The collars,

which have portions extending outside the.

trough, often have lint deposited on them but this lint is swept from the surface of the collars bythe yarn as it moves sidewise over the collars in the manner indicated in Figure 5 and ISO in Figure 3, in which latter figure the 1 nt swept from the collars is indicated at 2. By providing bevels on the ends of the collars the removal of the lint is fa cilitated and any tendency of the lint to pass from the inside of the trough onto the surface of the collars is im eded.

The trough is pre erably, inclined, as

shown, the collars which engage the yarn being in front of the shaft S. This manner of inclining the trough has been found to be more serviceable than where the front andrear portionsof the trough are in the same horizontal plane. 1

I claim as my invention: I 1 1 1.v A cone winding machine comprising a plurality of cones mounted to revolve about horizontal axes, a plurality of yarn carrying bobbins, means for guiding the yarn from the bobbins to the cones, a horizontally arranged water. containing trough' interposed between the bobbins and .theeones, a horizontally arranged shaft assoc ated with ,means for slowly rotating the the trough v shaft, co lars fixed to the shaft which are of larger diameter than the shaft, are partly. submerged in the liquid and are engaged by the yarn as it passes from the bobbins to the cones, means for causing the yarn to 'move sidewise relatively to the collars substantially from end to end thereof, to thus remove lint therefrom while the yarn is being wound and means for holding the yarn in contact with the collars, which when the yarn breaks arrests the moistening operation.

2. Yarn moistening means including a moistemng roller, means for rotating the roller 111 one dlI'BCtlOIl, means for causing the yarn to bear against the periphery of said roller, means for. causing the traverse of the yarn longitudinally OfthG-I'Olll' and substantially the entire length thereof, andmeans for moistening the roller, the roller having conical ends tapering toward the axial center of the roller.

3. A yarn treating mechanism including an elongated tank, a shaft passing through the tank, a series of rollers mounted upon the shaft and projecting above the tank, the tank being adapted to hold liquid, the rollersdipping into said liquid, means for giving a step by step rotation to the shaft, and means for causing yarn to bear upon and contact with the upper faces of the rollers.

4. A cone winding machine comprising a plurality of cones mounted to revolve about horizontal axes, a plurality of yarn carrying bobbins, means for guiding the yarn from the bobbins to the cones, a horizontally arranged water-containing trough interposed between the bobbins and the cones, a hori zontally arranged shaft associated with the trough, collars on the shaft which are partially submerged in the liquid and are engaged by the yarn as it passes from the bobbins to the cones, and means for moving the yarn sidewise-of the cones and acrossthe collars substantially from end to end thereof to thus remove lint therefrom while the yarn is being wound.

5. A cone winding machine comprising a plurality of cones mounted to revolve about horizontal axes, a plurality of yarn'carrying bobbins, means for guiding the yarn from the bobbins to the cones, a horizontally arranged water-containing trough inter osed between the bobbins and the cones, a iorizontally arranged shaft, means for iving a slow intermittent step-by-step rotatlon to the shaft, collars carried by the shaft which are partially submerged in the liquid and are engaged by the yarn as it passes from the bobbins to the cones, and means for moving the yarn sidewise back and forth across the collars to thus remove lint from the collars while the yarn is being wound.

6. A cone winding machine comprising a plurality of cones mounted to revolve about horizontal axes, a plurality of yarn carrying bobbins, means for guiding the yarn from the bobbins to the cones, a. horizontally arranged water-containing trough interposed between the bobbins and the cones, a horizontally arranged mounted in open hearings in the trough, a driven shaft withwhich said first mentioned shaft is detachably connected, means for giving a step-by-step rotary motion to the shaft, and means carried by the shaft for imparting moisture to the yarn as it passes to the cones.

7. A cone winding machine comprising a plurality of cones mounted to revolve about horizontal axes, a plurality of yarn carrying shaft bobbins, means for 'guiding the yarn from' the bobbins to the. cones, a horizontally arranged water-containing trough interposed between the bobbins and the cones, a horizontally arranged shaft associated with said :trou h, collars on the shaft which are partially submerged in the liquid, have bevelled ends, and are engaged by the yarn as it passes from the bobbins to the cones, means for rotating the shaft, and means for mov ing the yarn back and forth from end to end of the collars.

8. A cone winding machine comprising a plurality of cones mounted to revolve about, horizontal axes, a plurality of yarn car ing bobbins, means for guiding the. yarn om the bobbins to the cones, a horizontally'arranged water-containing trough interposed between the bobbins and the cones, a horizontally arranged shaft mounted in open bearings in the trough and carrying devices for imparting moisture to the yarn, means for rotating the shaft which are detachably connected with the shaft, and a lid for the troughhaving openings through which the moisture applying devices extend.

9. A cone winding machine comprising a plurality of cones mounted to revolve about horizontal axes, a plurality of yarn carrying bobbins, means for guiding the yarn from the bobbins to the cones, a horizontally arranged water-containing trough interposed between the bobbins and the cones, a horizontally arranged shaft associated with the trough, and collars on the shaft which are partially submerged in the liquid and are rotated in contact with the yarn as it passes from the bobbins to the cones and as it moves sidewise substantially from end to end of the collars and thus removes lint therefrom while the yarn is being wound. v

10. A cone winding-machine comprising a plurality of cones mountedto revolve about horizontal axes, a plurality of yarn carrying bobbins, means for guiding the yarn from the bobbins to the cones, a horizontally arranged water-containing trough interposed between the bobbins and the cones, a horizontally arranged shaft associated with the trough, and collars on the shaft which are partially submerged in the liquid and are rotated in contact with the yarn continuously as it passes from the bobbins to the cones and as it moves sidewise substantially from end to end of the collars and thus rerioves lint therefrom while the yarn is being wound. p

11. A cone winding machine comprising a plurality of cones mounted to revolve about iorizontal axes, a plurality of yarn carrying bobbins, means for guiding the yarn from the bobbins to the cones, a horizontally arranged water c-ontainin'g trough interposed between the bobbins and the cones, a horizontally arranged shaft associated with the trou h, and collars on the shaft arranged end toend of the collars and thus. removes in t e same vertical planes as the central lint therefrom while the yarn is being portions of the cones which are, partially wound. 1 1

submerged in the liquid and rotate in con- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto- 5 tact with the yarn as it passes from the bobsubscribed my name.

bins to the cones and as it moves sidewise I in opposite directions substantially from i ADOLPH A'. JOHNSON. 

